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Concert Update
Due to uncertain weather conditions, the UMaine School of Performing Arts Cadenzato concert scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 in Minsky Recital Hall has been changed. The concert will now be split into two parts. At 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10, faculty musicians will perform works by J.S. Bach, Hillary Tann and Walter Rabl. The performance […]
Read moreFeb. 9 Cadenzato Concert Rescheduled
Due to uncertain weather conditions, the UMaine School of Performing Arts Cadenzato concert scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 in Minsky Recital Hall has been changed. The concert will now be split into two parts. At 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 10, faculty musicians will perform works by J.S. Bach, Hillary Tann and Walter Rabl. The performance […]
Read moreLegislators Tour UMaine Facilities
Several news organizations, including Channel 7 (WVII) and Channel 5 (WABI) reported on a visit to the University of Maine Advanced Manufacturing Center and UMaine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab Feb. 6 by members of the Maine Legislature’s new Workforce and Economic Future Committee. Maine Public Broadcasting Network carried an Associated Press report on […]
Read moreFried Blog Discusses Maine Insurance Dilemma
In her Bangor Daily News blog “Pollways,” University of Maine Professor of Political Science Amy Fried discusses the Affordable Care Act and Gov. Paul LePage’s objections to it, and the potential consequences of legislative inaction for Maine residents.
Read moreSegal Blog Discusses Education Consultants
In his Bangor Daily news blog “Education: Future Imperfect,” University of Maine Professor of History Howard Segal discusses the apparent proliferation of educational consultants hired by institutions of higher education.
Read moreNew Exhibits Opening at Lord Hall
The University of Maine Department of Art is inviting the public to a free artists’ reception from 5:30–7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 8 at the Lord Hall Gallery to mark the opening of two new exhibits that include works by Maine artists. “Surface Tension: Prints by Scott Minzy” features work by Minzy of Pittston, Maine. “Print […]
Read moreUMaine Student in National Geographic Live Chat
From an archaeological excavation site on the Peruvian coast, University of Maine interdisciplinary Ph.D. candidate Ana Mauricio participated in a Jan. 13 live chat with primatologist Jane Goodall and underwater explorer and discoverer of the Titanic Robert Ballard, among other explorers from seven continents, organized by the National Geographic Society to celebrate its 125th anniversary. […]
Read moreBarkan, Cohn Co-Author Article on Organizational Membership
University of Maine Professors of Sociology Steve Barkan and Steve Cohn recently published an entry on member recruitment in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. In the entry, Barkan and Cohn discuss the importance of social movements as a basis for participation in democracies, which have achieved major political, social and cultural changes. […]
Read moreArt History Professor Wolff Wins New Book Award
The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography on Jan. 7 named University of Maine Associate Professor of Art History Justin Wolff’s book Thomas Hart Benton: A Life one of the “Best of the Best” in its Year in Books issue. Reviewer Jason Pettus called the book a well-done biography that offers an appropriate examination of […]
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